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Court poems [T5770]

DMI number:
414
Aliases
Court poems
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
Publication Date:
1716
Volume Number:
1 of 1
ESTC number:
T5770
EEBO/ECCO link:
CW114703419
Shelfmark:
BOD G. Pamph. 1278 (3)
Full Title:
COURT | POEMS. | [i]VIZ[/i]; I. The [i]Basset-Table[/i]. An ECLOGUE. | II. The DRAWING-ROOM. | III. The TOILET. | [rule] | [i]Publish'd faithfully, as they were found in a | Pocket-Book taken up in[/i] Westminster-Hall, | [i]the Last Day of the Lord[/i] Winton[/i]'s Tryal. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for J. ROBERTS, near the [i]Oxford-| Arms[/i] in [i]Warwick-Lane.[/i] MDCCVI. | Price Six-Pence.
Epigraph:
n/a
Place of Publication:
London
Format:
Octavo
Price:
6 d
Pagination:
[2], i-iii, [3], [1]-23, [1] pp.
Bibliographic details:
All three poems have separate title pages, described in Miscellany Contents.
Comments:
QUERY: this title not listed directly by Suarez though it is mentioned as '1st edn published in London [1716], but is not strictly a poetic miscellany as it is 3 poems by 2 authors' Query: Genre: Collection of eclogues on courtly subjects. Dates:: title page gives 1706 as the date, but ESTC gives 1716.
Other matter:
Prefatory matter: Advertisement pp. i-iii, suggesting the author of these poems to be either Pope, Gay, or Montagu.
References:
Robert Halsband, “Pope, Lady Mary, and the Court Poems (1716),” PMLA 68, no. 1 (March 1953): 237-250.
Related Miscellanies
Title:
Court poems [T5771]
Publication Date:
1716
ESTC No:
T5771
Volume:
1 of 1
Relationship:
Unknown
Comments:
Title:
Miscellanea: the second volume [T39419] [partial reissue of T39417 vol. 2; reissue of T82103]
Publication Date:
1727
ESTC No:
T39419
Volume:
2 of 2
Relationship:
Unknown
Comments:
Related People
Publisher:
James Roberts
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
'Printed for J. ROBERTS, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane.'
Content/Publication
First Line:
The basset table spread the tallier come
Page No:
pp.1-10
Poem Title:
The Basset-Table. An Eclogue.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Roxana from the court returning late
Page No:
pp.13-16
Poem Title:
The Drawing-Room.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Now twenty springs has clothed the park with green
Page No:
pp.19-23
Poem Title:
The Toilet.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed